FNUS73 KLOT 311559 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR FOX GLOVE PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 959 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CST ON JANUARY 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE WITH LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING LATER TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVERNIGHT FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET OF SNOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........21 AT IGNITION...MAX 23. RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1800-2100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 24 TO 29 MPH. TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........90 94 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN SN SN TEMP............21 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 RH..............71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 76 20FT WIND DIR...080 080 080 080 070 070 070 070 060 20FT SPEED(MPH).9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20FT SPEED(KT)..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20FT GUST(MPH)..20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20FT GUST(KT)...17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.080 080 080 080 070 070 070 070 060 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 17. RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 29 TO 31 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN TEMP............22 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 19 19 18 18 RH..............77 78 79 80 80 81 81 81 82 83 83 84 20FT WIND DIR...060 060 070 070 070 070 060 060 060 050 050 050 20FT SPEED(MPH).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20FT SPEED(KT)..8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20FT GUST(MPH)..21 22 23 24 24 23 23 22 22 23 24 25 20FT GUST(KT)...18 19 20 21 21 20 20 19 19 20 21 22 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.4 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.060 060 070 070 070 060 060 060 050 050 050 050 TRANSP WIND SPD.29 30 31 31 31 30 29 29 29 29 29 29 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 25. RH..................MIN 74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 37 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1200-1600 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1900-2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2600-2900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3100-3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2500-2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 29 TO 38 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 51 MPH. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....FZD FZD FZD FZD FZD FZD SN SN SN SN SN SN TEMP............18 17 17 17 17 19 21 23 24 25 24 23 RH..............85 86 86 87 86 82 79 76 75 74 75 77 20FT WIND DIR...050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 040 040 040 040 20FT SPEED(MPH).10 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 20FT SPEED(KT)..8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 20FT GUST(MPH)..28 29 29 30 30 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 20FT GUST(KT)...24 25 25 26 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.4 2.9 2.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 040 040 040 050 TRANSP WIND SPD.29 31 35 38 40 43 44 45 46 47 48 51 $$ FORECASTER...BEACHLER REQUESTED BY...JEFF MARTINA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110131.FOXGL.01/LOT